NTE II Review – MATHEMATICS

MIDTERM EXAMINATION

SET A

1. The lotto uses numbers 1 to 42. A winning number uses 6 different numbers in
any order. What is your chance of winning if you bet one ticket?

a. 1/4534568 c. 1/6580668
b. 1/5245786 d. 1/2341668

2. If you roll a pair of dice one time, what is the probability of getting a sum of 9?
a.1/9 c. 1/4
b. 1/6 d. 1/3
3. A man has 6 friends. In how many ways can he invite one or more of them for
dinner?
a. 20 c. 35
b. 63 d. 82
4. A die is constructed so that a 1 or a 2 occurs twice as a 3, 4 or a 6 and a 5
occurs thrice as a 1 or a 2. If the die is tossed once. Find the probability that an
even number will occur?
a. 4/9 c. 2/9
b. 1/9 d. 4/13
5. If the odds against event E are 2:7, find the probability of success.
a. 2/9 c. 7/9
b. 9/14 d.1/2
6. In a survey concerning the use of three different brand of calculator, it was
found that 55% use calculator A, 50% use calculator B, 40% use calculator C,
30% use calculator A and B, 20% Use calculator A and C, 12% use calculator B
and C and only 10% use all the three calculators. What percentage of the
population do not use calculator?
a. 7% c. 6%
b. 4% d. 3%

Situation. Three machines A, B and C produces respectively 50%, 30% and 20% of
the total number of item of a factory. The percentages of defective output of these
machines are 3%, 4% and 5%.

7. If an item is selected at random, find the probability that the item is defective.
a. 0.037 c. 0.012
b. 0.045 d. 0.047
8. Suppose an item is selected at random and found to be defective, find the
probability that the item was produced by machine A.
a. 15/37 b.11/37 c. 12/37 d. 18/37

9. Of 120 engineers surveyed, 60 are working in the academe, 50 working in the

industry, and 20 are working both in the academe and industry. If an engineer
is chosen at random, find the probability that the engineer is working either in
academe or in industry.
a. 1/4 b.3/4 c. 1/2 d. 4/5

10. A pair of fair dice is tossed. Find the probability that the minimum of the two
numbers is greater than 4.

a. 4/9 b.2/9 c. 5/9 d. 3/9

11. Three boys and three girls sit in a row. Find the probability that the 3 girls sit
together.

a. 1/5 b.3/5 c. 2/5 d. 2/3

12. On a certain test, the average of all the passing scores is 72 while the average
of all the failing scores is 50. If the average for the entire test is 62, what part of the
group of students passes the test?

a. 9/11 b.6/11 c. 2/3 d. 1/3

13. A sample of 3 items is selected at random from a box containing 12 items of
which 3 are defective. Find the expected number of defective items.

a. 1/2 b.1/3 c.3/4 d. 3/8

14. Find the term involving x2yz in the expansion of ( 2x + y + 5z )4

a. 320 b.240 c. 260 d. 280

15. Which of the following is equivalent to ( A ' ∩ B)∪ (A ∩ B) ?

a. A c. ( A ∪ B )
b. B d. ( A ∩ B)

16. Find the sum of the coefficients ( 3x + 1)4

a. 242 c. 244
b. 243 d. 255
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17. Find the coefficient of the term involving x4 in the expansion of (3 x− )
x
a. -262444 b. -262440 c. -252440 d. -362440

18. One number is 5 less than the other. If their sum is 135, what is the product of
the numbers?

a. 4550 b. 4135 c. 2140 d. 7150

19. The sum of two numbers is 21 and one number is twice the other. Determine
product of the numbers.

a. 100 c. 98
b. 112 d. 94

20. A, B and C can finish the same job in 7, 9 and 12 days respectively. All of them
worked for 2 days after which C was left to finish the job. How long did C work?

a. 5.9 c. 6.3
b. 6.2 d. 5.5

21. Which symbol in the special set denotes the set of all integers?

a. Z b. R c. N d. I

For the partial fraction,

2
3 x +10 x+ 4 A B C
= + +
( x+2 ) ( x +1)(x+ 3) x+ 1 x+3 x+ 2
22. Which of the following gives the value of A?

a. -3/2 b.4 c. 1/2 d. Error 404

23. Which of the following gives the value of C?

a. 1/2 b.-3/2 c. 4 d. Dim Error

24. Which of the following gives the value of B?

a. -3/2 b.1/2 c. 4 d. Variable Error

25. Solve the inequality 2 ( x+1 ) <10 .

a. x >4 c. x <4
b. x >−4 d. x ←4

26. An elevated concrete tank is filled through its inlet pipe and then it is emptied
through the outlet pipe, in a total time of 9 hours. If water enters through the inlet
and is simultaneously allowed to leave through the outlet, the tank is filled in 20
hours. How long will it take to fill the tank if the outlet is enclosed?
 a. 11 b.4 c. 3.5 d. 9

27. Find the 30th term of an A.P. 4, 7, 10

a. 88 b.75 c. 91 d. 95

28. Find the 100th term of the sequence 1.01, 1.00, 0.99
a. 0.05 b.0.03 c. 0.04 d. 0.02

29. Find the 4th term of the progression 1/2, 0.2, 0.125
a. 0.102 b.1/11 c. 1/10 d. 0.099

30. What are the 1st 4 terms of the sequence whose general term is
n3 – 2n2 + 1 ?
a. 0 1 10 37 b. 1 2 11 39 c. 0 1 10 33 d. 1 3 11 39

31. Solve for x in the following equation x + 4x + 7x + …. 64x = 1430

a. 1 b. 2 c. 3 d. 4

32. In a mixed company of Poles, Italians, Greeks, Turks and Germans, the poles
are one less than 1/3 of the Germans; and 3 less than half the Italians; the
Germans and the Turks outnumber the Greek and the Italians by 3; the Greeks
and the Germans form one less than half the company a nd the Greeks and the
Italians form 7/16 of the company. How many Germans are there?
a. 40 b.32 c. 24 d. 18

33. Determine the sum of the 1st 10 terms if the general term of the sequence is
3n – 2.
a. 98221 b. 88552 c. 67112 d. 82133

34. Cardo can do job three times as fast as a Onyok. Working together it would
take them 6 hrs to do the same job. How long will it take the Cardo to do the job
alone?
a. 9 hrs b.8 hrs c. 7 hrs d. 10 hrs

35. Solve the inequality |3 x +1|≤ 4 .

(
a. −∞,−
5
3 )
∪ (1 , ∞) c. [
−5
3
, 1]
−5
b. ( , 1) d. ¿
3

36. Find the solution set of |2 x+ 3|>7.

a. x ←5 , x >2 c. x >−5 , x<2

b. −5< x <2 d. −2< x <5

37. Crew no 1 can finish installation of an antenna tower in 200 man hrs while
Crew no 2 can finish the same job in 300 man hrs. How long will it take both crews
to finish the same job working together?
a. 100 man hrs b.120 man hrs c. 140 man hrs d. 160 man hrs

38. In what time would A, B and C together do a piece of work if A alone could do
it in 6 hours more, B alone in 1 hour more, C alone in twice the time?
a. 2/3 hr b. 1/3 hr c. 1/5 hr d. 4/3 hr

39. If the reservoir can be filled by A alone in 5 days and by B alone in 3

days? How long will it take to fill reservoir with pipes A and B open?
a. 1.56 days b. 2.45 days c. 1.875 days d. 1.345 days

40. ______________ is a result of expanding the sums of two terms.

a. Summation of Terms c. Series Expansion
b. Binomial Theorem d. Diophantine Equation

41. The Poisson Distribution is named after the French mathematician,

a. Jean Jacques Poisson c. Simeon Denis Poisson
b. Pierre de Poisson d. Adrien-Marie Poisson

42. A branch of mathematics dealing with the collection, analysis,

interpretation, presentation, and organization of data.
a. Probability c. Statistics
 b. Statics d. Scientific Research

Situation. During a volcanic eruption, there is an average of 1 casualty in a

community of 20,000. Around Mt. Mayon having 60, 000,

43. Find the probability that there is at least 1 accident

a. 0.0526 b. 0.1991 c. 00.6432 d. 0.9502

44. Find the probability that there are at most 2 accidents

a. 0.0216 b. 0.2478 c. 0.4232 d. 0.7192

45. Which of the following does not belong to the group?

a. Bell Curve c. Gaussian Distribution
b. Normal Curve d. Binomial Distribution

46. Aggron Stonebreak’s hitting average is 40%. If he comes to hit 6 times,

what is the probability that he will get four hits?
a. 0.075 b. 0.138 c. 0.346 d. 0.455

47. Jun can finish an accounting work in 8 hrs. Leo can finish the same
work in 6 hrs. After 2 hrs of working together, Jun left Leo for lunch and
Leo finished the job. How long does it take Leo to finish the job?
a. 3 hrs b. 2.5 hrs c. 3.5 hrs d. 4 hrs

48. There are 2 copies each of 4 different books. In how many ways can they
be arranged in the shelf?
a. 2340 b. 2321 c. 2520 d. 3410

49. The units digit of a two-digit number is 1 less than twice the tens digit.
The sum of the digits is 8. Find the number.
a. 40 b. 35 c. 46 d. 20

50. Shuffle an ordinary desk of 52 playing cards containing four aces. Then
turn up cards until the first ace appears. On the average, how many cards
are required to produce the first ace? (Please shade letter E)
a. 13 b. 12 c. 9.6 d. 4.8